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In forceWho is an employer
Chapter 1Preliminary
Part 4Basic concepts
Division 5Employers
30 Who is an employer
(1)
An employer is a person who engages a worker to perform work.
(2)
Also, schedule 3 sets out who is an employer in particular circumstances.
(3)
To remove doubt, a reference to an employer of a worker who sustains an injury is a reference to the employer out of whose employment, or in the course of whose employment, the injury arose.
(4)
In this section and schedule 3—
contract includes agreement and arrangement.
person includes—
(a)
a government entity; and
(b)
the legal personal representative of a deceased individual.
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